1st GLOBE CLIMATE LEGISLATION SUMMIT

14th 15th January 2013 London, United Kingdom

Agenda of the Summit

Monday 14th January 2013 High-Level Opening Session:
0900 Welcome message on behalf of the UK Foreign Secretary Alistair Burt MP UK Foreign Office Minister GLOBE Presidents Address: R.t Hon. John Gummer, Lord Deben President The Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE) & Chairman of the UK Statutory Committee on Climate Change Presentation of the 3rd GLOBE Climate Legislation Study Professor Sam Fankhauser Co-Director of the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics & Chief Economist to GLOBE International 1015 Keynote Address: Senior UK Government Minister Ms. Christiana Figueres Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Dialogue with participants including: Hon. Cedric Frolick MP House Chairperson National Assembly of the Republic of South Africa Senator Cicero Lucena 1st Secretary of the Senate of Brazil & President of GLOBE Brazil

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R.t Hon. John Prescott MP Former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and European lead negotiator at Kyoto, Current Vice President of GLOBE International SenatorSyed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari Chairman Senate of Pakistan Congressman Nicols Mnckeberg Daz President Chamber of Deputies of Chile Hon. Mr. Sigfrido Reyes Morales President Legislative Assembly of El Salvador 1115 1130 1145 Official Photograph Coffee Break Session 1: GLOBE Climate Legislation Study Country Presentations: Delegations present updates on national legislation South Korea, Australia, Mexico and China Session Chairman: Senator Rodrigo Rollemberg, Brazil President of the Senate Committee on Environment & Hon. Cedric Frolick MP, South Africa House Chairperson of the National Assembly 1345 1430 Lunch Session 2: Creating the right Regulatory Structure to Attract Green Investment Mr. Angus McCrone Chief Editor Bloomberg New Energy Finance Session Chairman: Baroness Bryony Worthington Shadow Minister in the House of Lords on Energy & Climate & Senator Rodrigo Rollemberg President of the Senate Committee on Environment

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Coffee Break Session 2: (continued) Facilitated dialogue between delegations

Board Meeting of GLOBE International (Presidents/Nominated Delegates of National GLOBE Chapters) Conclusion of Day 1 House of Commons Reception Hosted by the Rt Hon. John Bercow MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, Held in the Official State Rooms of the Speakers Residence, House of Commons ATTENDEES WILL REQUIRE A FORMAL PAPER INVITATION

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Tuesday 15th January 2013 Day 2

0900 Keynote Address: Implementing the UK Climate Act Rt. Hon. Ed Davey MP UK Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change 1000 Session 3: Supporting Adaptation Legislation Legislators Panel Discussion Philippines, Nepal, El Salvador, Bangladesh, CDKN Session Chairman: Rt. Hon. Sir Malcolm Bruce MP Chairman, UK House of Commons Select Committee on International Development 1145 1200 Coffee Break Session 4: GLOBE Climate Legislation Study Country Presentations (Continued): Delegations present updates on national legislation France, Colombia, Japan Session Chairman: Hon. David McGuinty MP President GLOBE Canada 1345 Lunch

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Supporting Legislative Scrutiny Legislators Panel Discussion Deputy Mara Isabel Ortiz Mantilla President of GLOBE Mexico Chamber of Deputies Mr. Tim Yeo MP Chairman Select Committee on Energy & Climate Change Session Chairman: SenatorMauricio Ospina President of GLOBE Colombia

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Coffee Break Concluding Session: GLOBE Climate Legislation Initiative how can the initiative/GLOBE most effectively support national legislators Agreement on a statement from the Summit Session Chairman: Graham Stuart MP Vice President of GLOBE International Rt Hon. John Gummer, Lord Deben President, GLOBE International

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Summit Concludes

The GLOBE Climate Legislation Initiative

The London Summit will serve to launch the GLOBE Climate Legislation Initiative. The aims of the Initiative are as follows: 1: To provide a baseline for existing climate related legislation Underpinning the launch of this initiative will be a 600 page study to be published at the event that has been compiled by GLOBE and the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics examining climate change legislation in each of the participating 33 countries. This publication will be updated annually and will serve as a

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physical and online resource for legislators and their parliaments to monitor the progress across the countries participating in the initiative. 2: To develop model legislation The GLOBE secretariat will support legislators to draw on existing best practice to develop model legislation on climate mitigation and adaptation / disaster risk reduction. Specifically, this will support the integration of climate issues into economic planning and budgetary processes, as well as supporting amendments to the existing legislative base to ensure consistency with climate goals, as determined appropriate by the respective national legislators. To establish a dedicated international process supporting national legislation The international process will meet each year ahead of the UN Conference of the Parties for the duration of the negotiations under the Durban Platform, scheduled to be completed in 2015, and will provide a forum to share best practice, learn lessons from national experiences, support peer-to-peer learning and reinforce commitments from the legislators on the need for national action. To provide national level technical support (where requested) As requested national groups of cross party legislators will be supported to form national GLOBE groups to strengthen their capacity to develop, and subsequently advance, nationally appropriate draft legislation. Groups will be supported to hold National Climate Legislation Forums. Such national groups (as already exist in some countries) will only serve to reinforce existing national structures. To promote the formal recognition of national legislation in the UNFCCC process. GLOBE believes that national legislation is a significant commitment towards tackling climate change. As such, GLOBE will coordinate proposals formally to acknowledge national legislation as a commitment under the UN negotiations, ensuring that legislators' efforts are recognised on the international stage. Scrutiny Following the introduction of nationally-appropriate laws, legislators will be supported to ensure they are equipped to effectively monitor governments' implementation of the law.

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The London Summit will also serve to: i) ii) iii) iv) Receive the GLOBE Climate Legislation Study. Begin the process of sharing best legislative practice through presentations of national case studies. Identify common barriers to the progress of legislation. Underline the critical role that parliaments have to work collaboratively on these issues.

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GLOBE International - Contacts

If you have any queries regarding the summit please do not hesitate to contact:
Email address Telephone

Ms. Gauri Kiik General Manager Mr. Rafael Aybar Director of GLOBE Europe

gauri.kiik@globeinternational.org rafael.aybar@globeinternational.org

T: +44 20 7222 6960 M: +32485940625 Skype: aybarbxl

Please contact the Secretary General of GLOBE, Mr Adam C.T. Matthews for any queries relating to the agenda of the GLOBE Climate legislation Summit: Mr Adam Matthews Secretary General of GLOBE adam.matthews@globeinternational.org *** T: +44 20 7222 6955 M: +44 7545 696 560

www.globeinternational.org

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